**Cruise Control: Why the High Seas Are Making Waves in Internet Culture** Ahoy, internet denizens! If you’ve been dipping your toes into the vast ocean of online trends lately, you might have noticed a rather morbid topic floating to the surface: cruise ship deaths. Yes, you read that right. It’s not just about buffets and…
**Hexham: The Medieval Market Town That’s Got the Internet Buzzing** Alright, folks, buckle up. We’re about to dive into a tale that’s got more twists than a medieval labyrinth, and it’s all unfolding in a place you’ve probably never heard of: Hexham. That’s right, the sleepy market town in Northumberland, England, is suddenly the talk…
KIGALI, Rwanda — The city that once exported horror movies shot in real time now exports TED-talk optimism and artisanal coffee at USD 7 a cup. In the same hills where radio broadcasts once priced machetes, venture-capitalists now pitch “Afro-fintech” to polite applause. Kigali has become the international community’s favorite redemption arc: proof that with…
The Las Vegas Aviators—Triple-A farm club of the Oakland Athletics, though that parentage feels increasingly like an unpaid internship—have lately become an unlikely Rorschach test for the global condition. On any given desert night, 10,000 sun-roasted pilgrims cram into the $150 million, air-conditioned hallucination known as Las Vegas Ballpark to watch men in silver-trimmed jerseys…
Rosa Parks, American Civil Saint, Now a Passport Stamp for the World’s Guilt Dave’s Locker – International Desk PARIS—On any given Tuesday, a busload of Chinese tourists in matching yellow caps can be found shuffling past the Montgomery city bus where Rosa Parks once refused to surrender her seat. They pose for selfies, purchase $12…
Colorado: The World’s Most Expensive Petting Zoo for Tech Burnouts and Powder Addicts By Marcello van der Waals, Senior Correspondent, Dave’s Locker DENVER—Somewhere between the 12-dollar oat-milk cortado and the boutique axe-throwing bar, it hits you: Colorado is less a U.S. state than a multinational experiment in what happens when hedge-fund refugees discover altitude sickness….
Alice in Borderland Season 4: The Global Casino Where Everyone’s Ante Is a Visa Stamp By Dave’s Locker International Desk If you squint at the flickering neon skyline of Shibuya in the latest trailer, you’ll notice something new: the game arenas now come with multilingual disclaimers, QR codes for remittances, and a polite notice that…
Frozen Treats, Hot Blood: How a Texas Yogurt Shop Massacre Became the World’s Cold-Case Comfort Blanket By T. J. Voss, Senior Correspondent, Dave’s Locker AUSTIN—In December 1991, four teenage girls were hog-tied, raped, shot, and set ablaze inside an I Can’t Believe It’s Yogurt! franchise. The blaze melted the toppings bar into a psychedelic swirl…
Allianz Stadium: Where the Beautiful Game Meets the Beautiful Lie Sydney, Australia From the air, the new Allianz Stadium looks like a freshly unwrapped gift box someone forgot to re-gift. Forty-five thousand seats, a retractable roof, and enough LED ribbon boards to make Times Square blush—yet it still feels oddly disposable, as if the architects…
Skull Unearthed in Global Backyard: Humanity’s Favorite Party Favor Pops Up Again Lima, Tuesday – Archaeologists in Peru announced today that a remarkably intact human skull was pulled from the adobe foundations of a 17th-century Jesuit monastery. Within minutes, the obligatory press conference produced the equally obligatory soundbite: “We may rewrite the history of colonial…
Afghan Asylum Seeker Holiday: The New Global Tourism Niche Nobody Ordered By Cassandra Vex, Senior Correspondent for Dave’s Locker Bonn, May 2024 – While most Europeans were booking budget flights to whatever Mediterranean beach still had sand and no active wildfire evacuation, a quieter migration flow was reversing direction: Afghan asylum seekers heading home for…
Great White Sharks: The World’s Most Diplomatic Predator By the time you finish this sentence, a great white will have silently patrolled roughly 40 metres of open ocean—unbothered by tariffs, unimpressed by NATO communiqués, and blissfully unaware that humans just spent $2.3 trillion arguing about borders it crosses nightly without a passport. Carcharodon carcharias is,…
